Bhaswati Bose

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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“Mother's Instinct” by Bhaswati Bose

Submitted to Contest #105

The phone call comes just after I put the cake in the oven. My heart beats in tandem with the buzzing, hard and demanding. I know the ring tone playing- a silly song Ruby chose, smirking. "This way you'll always know it's me." I put the phone to my ears, wishing it wasn't her. Her calls always mean one thing- danger. Not mine. Hers. "Hey ma." My daughter's voice comes in, panting. She just breathes into the mic for a while, catching her breath from what I know is probably chasing her. "Prophecy stuff. I'll be a bit... late for lunch...

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“In, Out” by Bhaswati Bose

Submitted to Contest #104

Content warning- panic attack I must have swallowed a snake, somehow, because I can feel it winding round and round my ribcage, squeezing my lungs. It's getting harder to breathe by the minute, and I try to calm down, get the snake to loosen up because, please, I need to breathe. In out In out In out It's not enough. I'm wading through the crowd, falling apart as I go, trailing essential bits and pieces of me like oil from a leaking tank. I'm looking for the bathroom, which I'm sure is somewhere near, where I can fall apa...

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